Tactera
E McNeill · 2017 · Strategy, Indie, VR, RTS, Multiplayer
PC
9 user reviews89% · 9
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About Tactera
Tactera is a Real-Time Strategy game played on a “virtual tabletop”. Comes with VR (Vive/Rift) and non-VR versions!
Inside a futuristic war room, a 3D hologram shows two armies on the verge of battle. You are the tactical mastermind who must command your troops to victory. Build swarms of gunships, tanks, bombers, and other units, and use your hi-tech view of the battlefield to strategically outmaneuver the enemy!
Tactera features 12 tactically unique unit types, as well as a procedural Campaign, customizable Skirmish missions, and head-to-head Multiplayer modes.
Inside a futuristic war room, a 3D hologram shows two armies on the verge of battle. You are the tactical mastermind who must command your troops to victory. Build swarms of gunships, tanks, bombers, and other units, and use your hi-tech view of the battlefield to strategically outmaneuver the enemy!
Tactera features 12 tactically unique unit types, as well as a procedural Campaign, customizable Skirmish missions, and head-to-head Multiplayer modes.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Players praise Tactera as an excellent and engaging strategy game that successfully distills RTS gameplay to its tactical essentials with a sleek holographic aesthetic, though some feel it deserves more exposure. The main complaint centers on accessibility issues in VR mode, where the UI positioning causes neck strain for taller players, making extended play uncomfortable or impossible for some.
A tactical war simulation game, built for VR but you can play it without VR if you want, it's basically an RTS game, deploy units, destroy enemies and win, war is hell, but this isn't real war. https://youtu.be/C3wXjIdw-BU4 found this helpful
Fun at first but apparently I'm just too tall to enjoy it. The ui is about 3 feet off the floor and my head is 6 1/2 feet off the floor. About 20 min in my neck started aching, not wanting a migraine headache from craning my neck down I had to give it up.2 found this helpful
People are missing out on this excellent game. Just not enough exposure.1 found this helpful
Great strategy game.1 found this helpful
Tactera, developed and published by E McNeill, is a streamlined real-time strategy experience that distills the genre down to its most essential elements while wrapping everything in a futuristic, holographic war room aesthetic. Originally conceived with virtual reality in mind, the game embraces a tabletop-style presentation where battles unfold across a glowing digital battlefield. Rather than overwhelming players with resource management, base construction, or sprawling tech trees, Tactera focuses on tactical clarity, positioning, and deliberate unit selection, creating a strategy game that feels both modern and minimalist. At the start of each engagement, players select a limited number of unit types from a broader roster, a choice that significantly shapes the flow of the match. Each unit category—ranging from armored ground vehicles to agile aerial attackers—comes with defined strengths, weaknesses, and battlefield roles. Because there are no traditional economic systems to manage, success depends on how effectively you deploy and maneuver these forces. This emphasis on pre-battle composition creates a strong strategic foundation, as players must anticipate threats and consi…
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